Materials

The Dutch 3D printer and software developer, Bond 3D should receive investment from Victrex, the performance plastics developer. Victrex confirmed its intention to invest millions of Euros into the company not too long ago. The UK-headquartered company is specialised in…

Fortify is a young company that seeks to revolutionise the long delivery cycle and the often poor material quality of traditional manufacturing processes.The company was founded on research on composite 3D printing by Randall Erb and Joshua Martin at Northeastern…

3D Systems 3D Systems from South Carolina has launched a new rubber-like material for its desktop FabPro 1000 3D printer. The new material is called FabPro Elastic BLK and it is incredibly flexible and strong. Apparently, the new elastomer will…

Largest 3D Printed Metal Automotive Part in History Ford Performance, the high-performance division of Ford Motor Company, 3D printed what they claim to be the largest metal automotive part for a working vehicle in automotive history. The metal part was…

What if you could eat a 3D printed steak ? This seems surprising, but that is just what the Italian researcher Giusseppe Scionti of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona has proposed. He developed a project and modified a 3D fused…

What if you could create coffee cups from vegetables? This is the idea behind this project led by the design studio Crème that grew squash in molds to make biodegradable cups, called HyO-Cups. The reason for us talking about this initiative is…

While we thought we had seen some crazy 3D printing materials, BMW and the MIT Self-Assembly Lab may have taken the cake after revealing a project that they have been working on for inflatable liquid material. This project has brought…

Six years ago, the American manufacturer Formlabs unveiled their first stereolithography 3D printer that was made to be accessible to as many people as possible, with a relatively low marketing price. Since then, the company has grown quickly, evolving their…

A team of researchers from Viterbi University in Los Angeles has found a new way to control sound and vibrations through 3D printing. The team has developed 3D printed metamaterials that are able to block sound waves and mechanical vibrations…

3DEO are a unique new metal 3D printing company that are combining scalable aspects of traditional manufacturing, and applying them to 3D printing. Though they don’t currently sell their own 3D printers, 3DEO’s technology allows them to create parts at…

3D printing is a rapidly growing technology with many advantages over traditional manufacturing methods. It however has its problems, including that 3D printing cannot be effectively used for mass production, and is limited in speed and accessibility. Another manufacturing technique for…

If you’ve been on the internet in the last year, you may have seen the viral clip of a 3D printed house built in just 24 hours. Apis Cor are a Russian company who built a whole, functional house in…